Railroad-tie.



H. COCKELL.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. I9. 1912.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Application filed November 19, 1912. Serial No. 732,314.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatI, HARVEY CooKELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and Sta-te of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Ties, of whichthe following is a specication.

The object of this invention is to provide a metallic railroad tie ofsimple and durable construction that can be cheaply manufactured, mainlyout of standard material and shall require but little labor to put it inplace.

Other objects can be gathered from the following description.

. The invention is embodied in the example herein shown and described,the feature of novelty being pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure l is a plan view of the tietransversely broken out and showing two short pieces of rail in positionthereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with parts in section as indicatedby the line zr-m Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line e-z Fig.2 looking to the left. Fig. 4 is an end view of the clamp. Fig. 5 is abottom view of the same.

The body of the tie is made of two parallelly arranged pieces of anglebar 6, 6 spaced apart but secured together by plates 7, 7,

which serve as fish plates, riveted to the horizontal webs at 8, 8, andan intermediate connecting piece 9 riveted to the vertical webs of theangle bars as at 10, l0. The fish plates are spaced to suit the desiredgage of the road and each of the plates engages one side of the rail.

11 designates the clamp which is a specially formed piece of casting orpressed steel. It has a toe 11a to reach over and engage the top of oneside of the foot or base of the rail, and an oblong button 11b connectedto the body of the clamp by a shank 11 that engages the under side ofthe two horizontal webs and also reaches under the foot of the rail. Thebutton 1lb is made of such size that it must be inserted lengthwisebetween the horizontal webs of the angle bars 6, 6 and then turned toeii'ect engage-` ment of the ends of the button with the under sides ofsaid webs. When it has been so placed and slid to engage the toe withthe upper side of the base or foot of the rail the clamp cannot be movedup or down; and to lock it from horizontal movement in this position aslightly tapered wedge 12 is driven between it in a rabbet lld of theclamp and two upwardly projecting lugs 13, one on each of the anglebars. After the wedge has been driven home so as to force the clamptightly against the rail the end of this wedge can be bent down, as at13a, Fig. 2, thereby securing it and the clamp from dislodgment.

14 are lugs cut and bent out of the vertical webs of the angle bar thatproject into the road ballast to coperate with the intermediate piece 9to prevent lateral movement of the rails when secured on the tie.` VWith this construction the gage is perfectly maintained and spreading ofthe rails is impossible. To remove a defective rail to replace it with anew one it is only necessary to straighten the wedge l2 when it and theclamp may be easily removed thereby releasing the rail.

The clamps or fasteners 11 are placed one on the inside and one on theoutside so that the tie can be taken out or put in without displacingthe rails. These clamps can be reversed at will as for curves orotherwise arranged.

The ties can be coated by dipping them in asphaltum or otherwaterprooiing material and their life greatly prolonged.

lt will be noted that no bolts are employed in this construction of tie.

lvVhat I claim is:

In a metallic railroad tie, the combination with a body portioncomprising two bars having lugs on their upper sides7 of a device forengaging one side of the rail comprising a toe member to engage theupper side of the foot of the rail and a bntton inserted between thebars to engage the under sides of the bars, and also the lower side ofthe foot of the rail, and a wedge driven between said clamp and said lugto secure the clamp eInIgaged with the rail.

ARVEY COCKELL.

Witnesses:

JAMES DAUDRAN, W. T. DAVIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for Vve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

